Hong Yao

Hong Yao (; born March 19, 1992) is a Chinese actor from Zhengzhou, Henan, currently signed under Huanyu Entertainment. He made his acting debut in the web series Love Against the Light, since then he had roles in a number of major television productions, including Story of Yanxi Palace and The Legend of Haolan, as well as major roles in a number of drama series.

Career Hong is skilled in dance and has won several dance competition awards including the Excellence Award at the CCTV National Television Dance Competition, runner-up in the national street dance competition "Double Star Cup" group dance category, and champion in the group dance category of the BOTY World Street Dance Competition China division. He appeared in the dating show Perfect Date in 2013,

Hong was given his first acting role in the 2015 web series Love Against the Light (逆光之恋), which was followed by roles in "Unforgettable Years" and "Demon Girl". In 2017, he played one of the main characters in a China-Taiwan co-production Art of Love. In 2018, he was cast as Aisin-Gioro Hongzhou in a major television production Story of Yanxi Palace. and the following year as Prince Jiao in The Legend of Haolan. He played the character Shen Tingbai in Arsenal Military Academy in 2019. He also appeared in the 2021 series Court Lady. He had many roles in a number of web series, including a major role in The League of Noblemen (君子盟).

Personal life On September 13, 2024, Wu Jinyan and Hong Yao announced their marriage on Weibo by posting their marriage certificates with the caption: "Got it today" and "Got married today" and ""We collected these today", tagging each other. The couple previously worked together in the 2018 film Story of Yanxi Palace, and the 2021 film The Age of Youth. Wu later gave birth to a daughter in February 2025.

Filmography Television series/web series

Films Year Title Role Notes2019 The Unqualified General: Beauty's Face Ye Zhong Web film The Unqualified General: Soul Battle

Variety shows DateShowNetworkNotes September 8, 2013 Perfect Date Guizhou Television September 12, 2014 Mister Super Anhui Television Eliminated November 6, 2015 Run for Time Hunan Television October 18, 2018 Forgive Me for Speaking Bluntly Tencent Video With Charmaine Sheh